remit
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remit
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Synonyms & Antonyms for remit
Synonyms: Verb
abate, de-escalate, decline, decrease, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down) also rachet (down) , recede, relent, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, wane
Antonyms: Verb
accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mount, mushroom, pick up, rise, snowball, soar, swell, wax
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Examples of remit in a Sentence
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A patient who has mild flare-ups in the skin and joints twice a year may one day awaken with kidney failure or paralysis that, one month later, mysteriously remits. — Elizabeth Rosenthal, New York Times Book Review, 19 Nov. 1989 And he was, therefore, as little surprised as a man could be, to find himself awakened at the small inn to which he had been remitted until morning, in the middle of the night. — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, 1859 I was brought in guilty and sentenced to die; but that the judges, having been made sensible of the hardship of my circumstances, had obtained leave to remit the sentence upon my consenting to be transported. — Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, 1722 Please remit $1,000 upon receipt of this letter. Payment can be remitted by check. The governor remitted the remainder of her life sentence.
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
According to the International Fund for Agricultural Development, over $65 billion is remitted into the region each year, with an additional $18 billion worth of annual transfers carried out locally too. — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, "Thailand-based Velo Says Blockchain Will Revolutionize Remittance in South East Asia," 12 Aug. 2019 Out-of-state retailers with at least $100,000 in annual sales in Massachusetts need to collect and remit the state’s 6.25 percent sales tax on items sold here. — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, "Mass. moves to expand tax on online sales," 23 July 2019 The state Assembly has approved a bill that would require online vendors like Amazon to collect and remit sales taxes from third-party sellers in perpetuity, a move that would trigger income tax cuts. — USA TODAY, "Arthur Ashe, missing Marilyn, pacifier-eating pup: News from around our 50 states," 21 June 2019 Amazon’s Albany lobbying in recent years has focused on opposing a proposal by Mr. Cuomo to mandate larger online marketplaces to collect and remit state sales tax. — Jimmy Vielkind, WSJ, "Amazon Hires Public-Affairs Firms to Aid New York Efforts," 5 Dec. 2018 Guests are charged the taxes on their bills and Airbnb then remits them to the state or city. &